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1666

Founding of the Académie des Sciences (Academy of Sciences)

The Académie des Sciences is the heir to the scholarly circles of the 17th century, who gravitated around a patron or a scholar. It owes its origin to Colbert’s plan to create a general academy. To this end, on December 22, 1666, Colbert assembled a small group of scholars to meet in the king’s library.

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